Satisfied

Chapter 8

Melanie’s POV

“It’s negative.” Karina said and frowned and I sighed and Megan rubbed my arm comfortingly.

“It’s okay love.” Chris said making us scream in fright. “What the f**k Chris? Didn’t you stop going to the same toilet as your mom when you were 5 or something?” Megan asked and glared at Chris.

“Or something.” Chris said with a smirk. “Why are you here anyway you dimwit?” Karina spat and Chris glared at her.

“Careful I can still kick your ass.” Chris said making Karina lower her gaze then glare at him.

“Do it and I’ll have you arrested for abuse.” Karina said and smirked at her brother who looked at her with his mouth open.

“Careful honey you might catch flies.” Megan said and Chris glared at both of them before turning to face me with a smile.

“How are you feeling baby girl?” He asked and tucked a strand of my hair behind my ear. “Umm a little disappointed but umm..” I trailed off as tears clouded my vision.

“Is there something wrong with me guys?” I asked and a tear slipped from my eyes. They all started rambling about how there was nothing wrong with me and how I just needed more time.

“If there’s nothing wrong with me then why am I still not pregnant? I mean we’ve been trying for 4 whole months and yet I’m still not pregnant.” I said and a sob escaped my mouth and Chris pulled me into a hug.

“Guys can you excuse us for a bit? I need to talk to Melanie for a while.” Chris asked and I clutched onto his shirt and balled my eyes out.

I heard the door open and I heard the shuffling out of the room. “If you need us we’ll be outside.” Megan said and Chris sighed in relief when they went away.

He pulled away from my grip and held my face in his hands and gently wiped away the tears from my face with a soft smile.

I knew I was pouting when he tapped the tip of my nose. “So cute.” He mumbled making me giggle.

“Come here baby girl.” Chris said and picked me up by the waist and placed me onto the counter and stepped in between my legs.

He gently caressed my face. “Baby girl you know that there’s nothing wrong with you right? Sure it’s taking you a long time to conceive but you know how my mom says everything happens for a reason?” He asked and I sniffed and he wiped away a tear that decided to pop up.

“Well it’s either that it’s not time yet or that your asshole of a fiancée is the one with a problem.” Chris said making me giggle and swat him softly.

“What do you say we do another test and if that one doesn’t work then we’ll do another one ‘cause third times the charm.” He said and winked at me. 

I sniffed and nodded. Chris stepped away from me and went to the door and opened it to find Karina and Megan on the floor. “What the hell guys? Were you trying to listen to us?” Chris asked them and Megan let out a nervous chuckle.

“No we were just playing twister. Of course we were listening to you guys but y’all were whispering so I could barely hear a word you guys were saying.” Karina said and helped Megan to her feet.

“Whatever I hope you hit your head.” Chris said under his breath but Megan swatted the back of his head meaning we had all heard.

“You guys are bullies.” Chris whined like a baby and pouted at me. “Mel tell them to stop bullying me.” Chris said in a kids voice and stomped his foot making me giggle.

“Stop bullying my big baby.” I said and pointed a stern finger at the girls who pretended to look guilty and they nodded making us burst into laughter.

“Okay back to seriousness. Karina how many pregnancy tests do you have left?” He asked and she dug into her purse and took out about 5 boxes.

“About 20 left.” She said with a sigh and gave him a raised eyebrow. “Good now make that 17.” Chris said and grabbed 3 boxes from her and quickly locked the bathroom door behind him.

“Chris give those back you A hole!” Karina yelled and banged on the door making Chris sighs and place the boxes on the counter and walk back to the door.

“Karina stop that or else I’ll tell dad about what you did to the backyard when we were 17 and if I’m accurate he should still be fuming about the mess you made.” Chris said and Karina went quiet.

“What did she do?” I asked and he shook his head and chuckled. “She didn’t do anything but she’s done a lot of things and she’s trying to remember what she did but she still doesn’t want to take the chances.” Chris said and I laughed a little.

“Well get going.” Chris said and handed me the boxes. “Come on I’ll stand at the door and I won’t listen.” He said and I nodded and he grabbed me by the waist and put me on my feet.

I did what the instructions said and placed them on the counter top and I washed my hands when I was done.

“Okay now all we have to do is wait for 10 minutes.” Chris said and pulled out his phone.

He hopped onto the counter and scooted back and patted the space in between his legs and I shook my head but he grabbed my waist and pulled me onto the counter.

He wrapped his arms around me and put his chin on my shoulder.  “When I was in Sudan.” Chris started and my eyes teared up at the memory. “When I was in Sudan I thought about you guys a lot and I prayed every night that I would live to hear your laugh and see your smile.” He said and I laughed while choking on a sob.

“I missed you terribly baby girl and imagine when I get home my baby girl is getting married to an asshole that I told to look after her.” Chris said and I sobbed a little.  

“I missed you terribly.” I sobbed and I turned to face him. He cupped my face and wiped away my tears and rested his forehead against mine. “You have no idea baby.” He said and his lips rushed against mine.

I pulled away when the timer went off on his phone and I hopped off the counter. “Let’s see if you’re gonna be a mom or not shall we?” He asked and gave me a small smirk.

We walked towards the tests and I picked up the first one and Chris kissed my shoulder and reminded me that third time’s the charm.

“I-It’s positive.” I whispered as I picked up the second one then the third one. “They are both positive!” I yelled and jumped into Chris’s arms and he spun me around.

“I’m so happy for you baby girl!” He said and a tear slipped from his eyes making me frown.

“Why are you crying?” I asked and wiped away his tears that kept spilling from his eyes.

“Nah you got it all wrong. These are tears of joy for my baby girl.” He said and gave me a smile and I nodded.

“Wait hand me those tests?” Chris asked and I handed him the tests and he frowned.

“Wait why is one of them negative?” He mumbled to himself and took the boxes from the garbage and frowned as he read them over.

“Karina is so stupid.” He muttered and showed me that the one with the negative was expired.

“Come on let’s go share the news.” Chris said and held my hand in his.

“So guys.” Chris started as he opened the door to see Karina and Megan playing rock, paper, and scissors. “So what are the results?” Megan asked and Karina smirked at Megan and leaned against the wall and put out her hand.

“Well the results were negative so we decided that it would be a good idea if Melanie got married instead so she’s gonna break off the engagement and we’re gonna try. After all we’ve been in love with each other since the first time you introduced us Karina.” Chris said and gazed at me with love in his eyes but I knew that he was just playing.

Karina choked on her spit and slid off the wall and sat on the floor coughing and Megan looked happy and excited.

“What?” Karina shrieked and we burst into laughter. “We’re just messing with you guys.” I said and Karina looked so relieved.

“Well it was nice seeing you guys but I need to head out now. I wouldn’t want to miss my flight.” Chris said and looked at his watch and my smile sunk.